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| To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man. | [▲] | [▼] |
| The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds. | [▲] | [▼] |
| Jesters do often prove prophets. | [▲] | [▼] |
| A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of. | [▲] | [▼] |
| Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it courage which arises from a sense of duty acts in a uniform manner. | [▲] | [▼] |
| A beautiful eye makes silence eloquent, a kind eye makes contradiction an assent, an enraged eye makes beauty deformed. This little member gives life to every part about us; and I believe the story of Argu simplies no more, than the eye is in every part; that is to say, every other part would be mutilated, were not its force represented more by the eye than even by itself. | [▲] | [▼] |